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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-06

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Two cans of tomatoes for % cts at Stein
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Wool Nav Markets with Hood 5 4.6o
Short Wrap Fur trimmed brown Geo
Wool Jackets Checked 500
Fine Blk Boucle Jackets with Hood $50
Fine Seal Plush Wrap with Plush
Tasels 1870
Fine Brocaded Silk Newmarket 1900
Extra Fine Seal Plush Sscques 5000
Children's Haselick Cloak and Cape 2.25
Chlldren's Checked Cloak with Cape s.25
Misses Newmarket Fine Goods 4.5e
Fine Checked Jerseys LOO
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Fine Black Jerseys l.5O
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g following are the transfers OF real
q fled In the Recorders office yester-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-06

l.. w. WEBER, PRESIDE
Secretary. dl2O-lt'
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dl20w29n W. W. HAYS,
Sheriff Of Seigwick County, Kansas.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

The circumstance that there was a
guard-beam eight inches square, on the
Hartford bridge, which did not prevent
the train from leaving the bridge, has
been adduced as evidence that such
guards are Of little value. But it can not
be doubted that suitable guard beams are
important safeguards. w. H. Russell,
chief engineer of the Boston and Albany
road, which is one of the safest and best
managed roads in the country, said to a
reporter of the Springfield Republican
that all the bridges of that road were pro-
vided with such timbers, which he de
scribed rs heavy twelve or fourteen-inch
beams, placed along either side of the
track along n bridge, notched and let
down on the ties to prevent them from
starting in case a train is deraied. "Once
train is on bridge so provided" said
Mr.. Russell. land there is practically lit
tie danger whatever happens. Prossibly
a broken wheel or axle might let the end
of the car down, and smash things, -
there's no telling what a broken wheel
will do. Rut under ordinary circum-
stances bridge protected with guard
timbers is safe, especially if the ties are
near together. Most bridges are faulty in
that respect. A derailed wheel falls be-
tween two ties so far that it can't roll over
them, and so brushes them all together.
The Boston and Albany road used to have
trouble from that source but now the ties
on all their bridges are only eight inches
apart, and they never have such compiled
tions. A freight train got off the track at
Warren year or two ago and went clear
across the bridge on the ties. A passen-
ger Grain would 60 even easier, though of
course people wouldn't be likely to choose
that mode of travelling"
1t would seem to be dictate of pru-
dence to have such timbers on all bridges,
and not only on bridges, but at similarly
exposed places. At the high bridge, for
instance, near this city, on the Central
road, the cars whiz along, often at very
high speed, upon curve, where at one
spot the rails are so near the edge of the
precipice that a person, putting his head
out of car window, can look straight
down sixty or seventy feet to the rocks
and water below. If "A car should leave
the iron at this spot, or near it, there
could hardly fail to be a terrible disaster.
A guard timber at this place certainly
would do no harm.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18
Why Not Have Passenger Lists :?

One of the most distressing features OF
the recent railroad horror has been the
impossibilty of determining who the kill
ed and wounded were, and whether per
sons who were supposed to have taken
the train were actually on board. Why
not have list of passengers on railroad
trains, rs is done on steamboats, The
conductor might take the name of each
passenger as his or her ticket or fare was
collected or perhaps, in order 10 save
time and trouble for the conductor, each
person might be expected to have a card
bearing name and address, TO be de
livered to the conductor with the
ticket Had such list been IN
Conductor Sturtevant's possession at
the time of the accident and made pub
lie Immediately through the press an i'm
mense amount of trouble and worry
would have been saved. We know of one
resident of Burlington who was expecting
that a party of friends from Boston would
start on the ll-fated train of Friday night
for the Montreal carnival. When the
news of the accident reached him, he at
once telegraphed TO Boston; receiving no
reply he started for the scene of the acct
dent, and thence went to Montreal IN a
vain search for tidings OF his friends. 1t
turned out that they had taken different
train and were safe but the gentleman
was three days IN obtaining this
comforting assurance. whereas had
list of the passengers been published at
the time he would have been spared much
anxiety and trouble. This is but one case
In many other cases, parties are still in
narrowing suspense, which would be
ended by knowledge that their missing
friends were or were not on the wrecked
train OF course there would be some
practical difficulties in securing com
plete list. where stations are near each
other, and passengers coming and going
at short intervals but at least lists might
be made of all through passengers and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

Every page of this paper could be filled
with extracts from the newspapers, from
one end to the other of the continent, de-
claring that the time has come to abolish
the car-stove, and substitute some safer
heating apparatus. The attitude of the
railroad managers, on this subject, is,
however, of more consequence to the pub
lie. We are sorry to be obliged to infer,
from recent editorials in the ST. Adams
Messenger, that the managers of the Cen
trail Vermont consider it settled that there
Is no available substitute for the car
stove, and that consequently it must re-
main indefinitely. The Messengers argu-
ments are In substance as follows:
That as the Central was prompt to
adopt the Miller platform it would have
been prompt to adopt any improved meth
cd of heating cars If there had been any.
That does not quite follow.
That steam cannot be safely dis
tributed through cars, at the pres
sure required in locomotive boil
er ; and that it could not be distribu-
ted under any other pressure. Neither of
these propositions is correct. Valves
that reduce the pressure of steam are no
novelty. The elevated railroad cars, in
New York city, are heated by steam from
locomotive boilers, IN which as high a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

pressure is maintained as on any surface
road.
That flexible steam pipes between cars
would not last long, and would be dan
gerous to passengers The elevated roads
again answer both these objections.
That after stoves and furnaces and fires
are dispensed with in dwelling houses, it
will be time enough to put the stoves out
of the cars. This suggestion needs no
comment.
We are glad to see that some of the
railroad managers of other roads, speak
ing in their own persons, take a some
what different attitude. 1t is true they
do not generally admit that there is any
practicable method of heating cars, other
than that in use but neither do they
maintain that there is no prospect that
any better method will be found The
president of the Erie road is quoted as
saying that his road would consent to any
expense, to save the life OF a single pas
sengcr. Mr.. Sloan, president of the Della
ware and Lackawana road said his chief
engineer and division superintendent
had been directed to exert themselves to
devise Il better method. President Depew
OF the Hudson River and New \ ork Cen
trail road, said expense was no considera-
ton, and he had thought of introducing
fireprCof cars. He thought steam would
be useless IN trains travelling long dis
tanCes for while the cars were waiting
in the depot for the locomotive to be at
tached they would be cut off from the
heat supply. To this the New York Mail
and Express replies that it is not necessa-
ry to take the steam from the locomotive,
but that cars can be heated with boiler
run for that purpose alone, and with con
nected radiators in every car. With such
an arrangement, in case of any accident
severe enough to break the train, the con.
nection would be broken, and there would
be no danger from steam or fire. OF
course the boiler car should be made of
ncombustible material.
Such boiler car would not need to be
removed from the train while standing at
stations and the connection of pipes could
be easily made. 1t would cost something
to provide such appliances but it also
costs something to burn up cars and pas
sengers. Whether after a road was once
equipped, it would cost more to heat the
cars by steam than by stoves is doubtful.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

THE wEEKLYkFREE PRESS, s cents per
COPY, 50 cents for three months, Sl0O for six
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18
The Matter Ofthe MOrpuc.

a gentleman, we'll situated to know
whereof he affirms and in whose truth.
fulness we have all possible confidence,
assures us that Mr.. w. b. Hatch, who has
had charge of the morgue at Hartford,
has been perfectly courteous to all that
mo pass has been required of any one :"
that mo one has been refused admission
to the remains" and that all that has
been done by him which could be so con
strued has been to ask some to wait till
their turns came.
We should be glad to believe this, as
fully as it is stated but we find it diff
cult to reconcile it with the statements of
other truthful and responsible persons,
who give very different account. Some
OF the searchers and friends undoubtedly
hau nothing to complain of. Gen Henry
OF thls city, for one, received every facility
and courtesy. Others, if we can credit
various concurring statements, were
not so fortunate AS for the represen-
tlves of the press, their verdict
on this point has been unfavorable almost
without exception. The kindness and
courtesy shown by Joseph Denson, ESQ,
OF Royalton, who for while had charge
OF the morgue is generally recognized.
With regard to Mr.. Hatch quite differ
ent story is told. We know nothing about
Mr.. Hatch except that it is understood
that he Is clerk in the railroad Office in
st. Albans-and we certainly have no
prejudice against him. The FREE PRESS
has not invented anything about him, and
we could quote much severer things than
have been said about him in this paper,
from the columns of half dozen other
papers, which have had reporters on the
ground. We know persons, who were ad
mltted to the morgue on passes and who
assure us that they could not have obtained
admission without them. If our inform
ant, quoted above, was mistaken on this
point, he may be also mistaken on some
Others. 1t was undoubtedly unfortunate
That the selectmen Of Hartford did not I'M
derstand and insist on their proper au-
thority at the outset. Had they assumed
entire charge of the morgue, and allowed
no railroad official to interfere in any way
with the arrangements for the inspection
of the remains, there would have been no
room for the suspicious and jealousies
which arose; and it would nave been bet
ter for all concerned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

The judgment recently rendered by the
United States Supreme Court in the case of
Snow, convicted of unlawful cohabitati on
under the Edmunds act, will work beneti-
cially, no doubt in securing the enforce
ment Of that law in Utah. For some time
past the Territorial Court has been
inflicting cumulative penalties, ag-
gregating in some cases several
years of imprisonment, whereas, under
the law, the maximum punishment
is prescribed AS six months in the peni-
Tertiary and $500 fine. The supreme
Court now decides that the offense com
planned of in each case must be construed
rs consisting of all unlawful acts up to
and including the one for which the pros
ecuton is had, and that cumulative sen
fences for a continuous crime, divided into
periods, are not to be permitted.
There seems to have been good deal of
looseness about the way the special laws
against polygamy are Interpreted and en-
forced in Utah, and the sooner they are
Strengthened ont and made consistent, the
better. Probably the new Edmunds-
Tucker statute will do this.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

The report originating In Toronto
despatch, that Americans have been sup
plying the reform opposition party in Can
ada with large sums of money to assist in
the defeat of the present government at
the approaching elections is doubtless Il
ing ill-feeling in Canada against the
United States for political effect. The fact
that the report originated with the Toron-
to Standard, Sir John Macdonald's organ,
Is sufficient to condemn it, The assertion
that the iron manufacturers of the Pitts
burg district have furnished money to the
Canadian reformers on the assurance that
should Macdonald be defeated the new
party would secure the repeal of the pres
ent nigh tariff on American iron manufac-
lures and open Canadian markets free to
American manufacturers, is ridiculous on
the face Of it, Unless thscOuntry recipro-
Gated by throwing open American mar
kets to Canadian manufacturers, such an
arrangement would be practically impos-
sl0le. The entire report bears such evil
dent marks of fabrication that the intell-
gent reading public in this country must
reject it at once. The American manufac.
turers against whom the accusation is
made, ought, however, to deny at once the
truth of the report, though it is doubtful
1.-THE contradiction can be fairly circulated
IN canada III time to counterfeit the effect
OF the yarn, on the elections next week
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18
"Dr. Alden's Creed"
TO the Editor of the Free Press

To the Editor of the Free Press
The allegation concerning Dr. Alden i'm
the FREE PRESS of the 9th inst. viz hig
Issuing from the rooms Of the A. h. G. f.
M. statement of his own belief intended
to govern applicants for mission work
and labelling 1t "The Apostles Greed" we
regret hardly less than we should TO ace
the proof of the truth Of the allegation.
Unless there be clear proof that INV hon.
ored brother and classmate in the semin-
airy, has been guilty of such an offence.
should any words implying it be used in a,,
editorial IN the FREE PRESS? And this
say not as defending the administration
OF the prudential committee of the Amer
lcan board in the past or suggesting what
course Is best for them in the future
but as one of many to whom the reputa-
ton of the home secretary and the pru
dental committee and the board are alike
DEAR and who would carefully avoid any
unnecessary statements, even of facts. to
prejudice it, much more of inference.
A. d. b.
The FREE PRESS would not willingly
print word about DR. Alden, that was
not strictly correct. Various highly re-
spectacle religious and secular papers
mentioned the fact that a version of the
apostles creed with somebody's emen-
dations and additions was being sent out
from the rooms Of the American Board
in Boston. The COngrogdtiondliSt, in
paragraph which is before us as we write,
admitted that n ''so-called apostles creed"
in an amended form" had been sent out
from the missionary rooms possibly
without sufficient thought" 1t was 9th
erwise explained, apparently by authority,
that the prudential committee of the
board were not responsible for such dis
tribution of the document but that it
had been sent out by DR.. Alden on his in
dividual responsibility. No contradiction
or correction of this statement has come
to our knowledge. If our correspondent
knows of any, we shall he glad to print it,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18
The Car Stove.

To the Editor of the Free Press:
The offer of rewards for some new way
Of heating and lighting cars seems to con
firm the statement that no practical meth.
cd has as yet been devised 10 take the
place of the stove and lamps. And with
the inventive genius of our progressive
age turned in this direction we cannot
doubt it will not be long ere this consum-
nation will be reached. In the mean
time we can rest in the fact that no per
son can be more interested in adopting
any feasible arrangement to get rid of the
car stove than the managers themselves
They ride more than other people. and
consequently they and their families are
so much the more liable to the horrible
roasting death than are other people An
accident at the front end of the train fire.
quently takes the engineer, fireman, eX-
press and baggage master. If at the rear
1T Is then the Pullman car where the presi-
dent, directors and other officials are
found. Like Mr.. French killed at Nor
walk, and Senator Wagner at Sputyzen
Duyvil creek. Again, the first through
route that shall have its cars warmed and
lighted by some means that will not set
them on fire in case of accident will take
such large proportion of the travel that
other routes will be forced to adopt the
plan. Competition is the great regula-
tor in railroad matters the same as in all
other affairs in this world. For instance
Twenty years ago the New York Central
charged three cents per ton per mile To
day they carry freight for fraction over
one-half cent for the same. A saving Of
, l-5 cents per ton per mile which has been
estimated in Poor's manual to amount to
S4,00O,00O,0O0 on all the railroads in the
United States in four years saved to the
people.
In like manner will not competition
give us the best possible plans for heating
cars, so that we shall have no more Of
those terrible burnings up of human
beings. But with Ashtabula and 20 vic
Tins, White River with IS, and all the
horrors surrounding such scenes, and vet
we have the figures to show that more
than a million ride upon the cars for
every one that is killed. The railroad car
is the safest known method OF travelling.
The stage coach has one death in 90, 900.
But if steam and electric lights can re-
duce the number of deaths upon the cars
by one half, it will be such a triumph of
science as we shall all rejoice to see. And
we believe it will be done.
EApNIEp
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18
FARMER.

Most intelligent persons are aware that
statistics show the comparative safety Of
travel by rail. But in view of catastro-
Plies like those which are so fresh in every
mind, the figures make no impression.
The stage coaches never burned their pas
sengers to death and the railroads must
devise some plan to avoid burning theirs
by scores at a time or winter railroad
travel will be confined to those whose
business is life or death, and who are,
therefore, willing to undergo the shudder
which every passenger must now under
go, rs he or she enters the car and sees the
heated car-stove unguarded, and ready to
scatter its contents through the car in
case of accident.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18
Addison County Mass Temperance Con-
vention.

MlDDLEBURY, Feb. l6.-The temperance
people of Addison county held mass
convention here this morning for the pur
pose OF nominating candidate for county
commissioner. Hon Samuel James Of
Weybridge, the county commissioner,
made his report which showed that at
the five agencies in the county which
are at Middlebury, Bristol, Lincoln, Han
cock and Nergennes, 800 gallons of liquor
had been sold, an increase over last year
A committee was appointed to present a
name for a candidate and they presented
the name OF Dr. O. NJ. Bump of Salisbury
and their report was accepted by the con-
w ntien and adopted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

DR.. McGlynn's refusal to be the benefc-
larry of public bounty is manly, and will
bring him many friends. He has health,
strength and ability and if thrown upon
his own resources, no doubt can make
his way in the world-IrOy Telegram.
There is the lecture platform, always
open to the much advertised man, as the
stage is to the much advertised woman.
If DR.. McGlynn is really out of the employ
of the Catholic church-as he seems to be
there will be this opening for him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

Mr.. Edison, the inventor, being not
physically equal to the exertion of going
fishing, has been amusing himself by tell
ing yarns of another kind to a Washington
Post reporter. He described to the re
porter new machine which he claims to
have invented, called the "Nutricator "
This, he asserts, is able to combine the
earth, air and water SO as to manufacture
wholesome food. MIR. Edison exhibited
samples of food made from cellar dirt and
water, but the reporter was not venture
some enough to sample them Dirt has
good many uses, but it will be some
time after this when a mans proverbial
peck of it will be converted into nutritious
food by any human contrivance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

The New York and New Jersey liquor
dealers are ranging themselves on the side
of the opponents of strikes-not however
from any conviction that strikes are
wrong, but because it has become the
fashion now, whenever strike takes
place, to have the men who join it pledge
themselves to abstain from Intoxicating
drinks until the difficulty is settled. Thus
the saloon keeper loses custom, and the
workingman has an opportunity to learn
by experience what an advantage it is for
him to abstain. This is almost the only
commendable feature of the strikes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

The reigning sensation in Boston is the
heavy defalcation of Mr.. John c. Leighton,
clerk of the Municipal Criminal Court of
that city 1t is thought that the shortage
In Leighton's accounts will foot up not
less than 100000. Sums of money varying
from $4,000 to 81 900 have been passing
through the hands of this official annually
and yet so thoroughly was he trusted that
his accounts have not been audited for
years. No man who has in charge large
sums of the public money should be i'm
plicitly trusted ON his honor. Regular
and careful supervision are the only abso-
Lutte safeguards.